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Games offer an alternate, nuanced way to approach the climate crisis

It's possible to learn more about Hawaiian culture via the free game "Wao Kanaka" than it is from an actual journey to the Pacific Ocean islands.

One of the opening scenes immediately sets the tone - a small village, with dilapidated fishing huts, sits tucked on a tiny hill, while around the bend and down in a valley, resorts and high-rises squeeze into every last inch of coastal land. Those who don't speak the language may opt to take a second to translate the native Hawaiian that adorns an especially glossy hotel, which offers the not-so-subtle hint that the game developers aren't christening these developments with a welcome name.

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